sadpadresfan '24–'25 app cycle Class of 2028 class year

Extracurricular theme made sense but no prestigious awards/interesting work experience. Also Super-KJD (20 y/o when submitting)

Essays:
Stanford: Optional Long Essay, 3 songs, One Day Class Proposal
UChicago: Why Chicago Div. addendum
Duke: Freedom of Expression and Why Duke
UPENN: Core Strengths
Columbia: Diversity/Awkwardly added why columbia in PS
NYU: Why NYU, Diversity statement
NU: Diversity
UMich: Diversity and Why Michigan
Berkeley: Why Berkeley and Diversity
UCLA: Programmatic Contribition/Challenges addendum
Cornell: PS2, 3, Why Cornell

Timeline:
11/1/24: Interview Invite WASHU, Northwestern
11/7/24: Missed interview invite Harvard
11/7/24: ASU Honors FULL RIDE
11/11/24 Fired from Job LOL
11/15/24: Missed NYU wave 1
NU KIRA Complete: Went well (maybe responses too canned?)other than stumbling at the end of the why NU question….
BERKELEY Video Essay Complete: Not as strong as the written version (4 min max) but got the job done sort of? Rambled a bit in the middle.
11/20/24: Missed NYU Wave 2 ;(
11/21/24: WASHU Interview of a lifetime 🔥
11/22/24: CORNELL INTERVIEW INVITE!
11/25/24: Cornell Interview: I hate video recorded interviews. Answers were decent for some, not for one or two(out of seven).
11/26/24: CHICAGO Interview Invite, Cornell Interview Received
12/3/24: Tough Chicago Interview…
12/9/24: Missed Call from Cornell Dean of Admissions
12/10/24: CORNELL A!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
12/11/24: CORNELL MERIT SCHOLAR AWARD $150,000 !!!!
12/17/24: GPA boosted to 3.96
12/19/24: WASHU A!!
12/20/24: Georgetown Interview Invite!
1/7/24: Georgetown Interview solid
1/10/24: DODGED First Harvard R wave
1/14/24: BERKELEY A!!!!!!!!
1/22/24: Missed NYU Penn Columbia UCLA, and Mich A and R waves completely
1/23/24: NU waitlist 🔥
1/24/24 Chicago waitlist 🔥
1/27/24: GULC Waitlist?????????????????? UCLA Waitlist
1/28/24: Columbia Hold
1/29/24: Harvard R 🔥
1/30/24: UPENN WL 😢
2/1/24: sent binding Columbia Hold LOCI
2/6/24: DUKE WL 🔥
2/12/24: UMid WL 🔥
2/13/24: USC WL 🔥
2/14/24: NYU Hold WASHU Deans Fellowship Award!! 238,000
3/28: initial commit to Cornell!!! 🔥